Alaska: Deer hunter fends off brown bear attack near Sitka

A Sitka deer hunter fended off a brown bear’s attack by clubbing it with the butt of his rifle and then firing a round. Karl Wolfe, 39, escaped with bites to his arm…

A year after nine bears were killed in defense of life and property near the confluence of the Russian and Kenai rivers, the death toll has dipped to zero.

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